Two men were denied bond Thursday in connection with a deadly shooting Wednesday night at a Spartanburg apartment complex, according to police.

One person died and two others were injured after more than 45 shots were fired at Norris Ridge Apartments, according to Capt. Regina Nowak, with the Spartanburg City Police Department.

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When the first officers arrived on scene, they found Jamel Lydell Thompson of Spartanburg lying in the roadway with at least one gunshot wound to the leg.

Officers determined that several other men were involved in the altercation and had fled the area in a gold Cadillac.

A few minutes later, the Cadillac showed up at Spartanburg Medical Center’s emergency room with two more gunshot victims, according to a news release.

The driver of the Cadillac, who was not shot, was identified as Marcus Terail Watkins of Spartanburg. He transported his brother, Steven Darvon Mills of Mooresboro, North Carolina, and Malik Franklin of Forest City, North Carolina to the hospital. Mills was shot multiple times in the hands and stomach and Franklin was shot in the upper chest.

Thompson died at Spartanburg Medical Center at about 9 p.m., Coroner Rusty Clevenger said. He said Thompson died from internally hemorrhaging caused bu the gunshot wound.

Franklin and Mills remain hospitalized. There was no word on their condition.

Damaris Hill and Marcus Watkins are charged with breach of peace of a high and aggravated nature in connection with the shooting, Nowak said.